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Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities
Eliezer Yudkowsky
6y
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There are no coherence theorems
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Dan H
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EJT
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A Simple Toy Coherence Theorem
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johnswentworth
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David Lorell
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Why The Focus on Expected Utility Maximisers?
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DragonGod
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Scott Garrabrant
3y
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Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
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Rohin Shah
7y
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What do coherence arguments actually prove about agentic behavior?
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[anonymous]
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Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
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KatjaGrace
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Coherence of Caches and Agents
johnswentworth
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When Most VNM-Coherent Preference Orderings Have Convergent Instrumental Incentives
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TurnTrout
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Contra "Strong Coherence"
DragonGod
3y
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Counting-down vs. counting-up coherence
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TsviBT
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Is "Strong Coherence" Anti-Natural?
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DragonGod
3y
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The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
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johnswentworth
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Three ways that "Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent" can be false
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Wei Dai
7y
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Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept
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Richard_Ngo
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